Solvent Definition

sŏlvənt, sôl-

solvents

adjective

Able to pay all one's debts or meet all financial responsibilities.

Webster's New World

Capable of dissolving another substance.

American Heritage

Able to pay all debts as they become due, and having no more liabilities than assets.

Wiktionary

That dissolves or can dissolve another substance.

Webster's New World

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insolvent

noun

solvents

A substance in which another substance is dissolved, forming a solution.

American Heritage

A substance, usually liquid, that dissolves or can dissolve another substance.

Webster's New World

Something that solves or explains; solution.

Webster's New World

That which resolves.

A solvent of mystery.

Wiktionary

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster's Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.

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Other Word Forms of Solvent

Noun

Singular:

solvent

Plural:

solvents

Origin of Solvent

From French solvent, from Latin solventem, accusative singular of solvens, present participle of solvō.

From Wiktionary
French from Latin solvēns solvent- present participle of solvere to loosen solve

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition